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Virtual reality and augmented reality have been concepts in the public mind for years. Innovators and researchers have spent a great deal of time imagining and designing immersive technologies, but so far, most of them are still a long way off from commercial sale. The Zeiss Cinemizer OLED, however, is closer than most.

The Cinemizer OLED is a pair of glasses that display video to the user. These virtual reality glasses can project any sort of environment or video to the user, but Zeiss has some uses in mind already. The German technology company imagines that architects could use the Cinemizer to show clients the building designs before they even start the project. Zeiss imagines that the Cinemizer could help filmmakers see what they are filming from the camera’s perspective. The company website also mentions possibilities in education and, of course, the virtual reality glasses could provide immersive gaming.

Researchers at Zeiss have worked on these glasses for many years already and the hardware has changed quite a bit in that time. At first, the lenses on the glasses were going to have a resolution of 640×480, but now feature a 1280×720 resolution in each eye. This higher resolution helps create a more believable virtual reality.

The other major change is that the glasses now come with head-tracking capabilities. This means the perspective changes when you move your head; the Cinemizer adapts what you see based upon how your head and eyes move. This allows users to turn around, look up and down, and face different directions in the virtual reality environment. With the head tracking also comes a remote control that allows the user to walk throughout the simulated environment while remaining physically motionless.

Consumers can attach a tablet computer to the Cinemizer glasses as well, allowing someone outside the virtual reality to change aspects of what the user sees in the glasses. An architect could adjust features of the design, like wall color or furniture arrangements, while a client is viewing the virtual building design. This ability could also aid the educators who use the Cinemizer in their classrooms by allowing them to program specific lessons and to input additional programming, like inserting an additional lesson to respond to a question a student asks within the virtual environment.

Whether the Zeiss Cinemizer glasses become a standard home gaming feature or only a fun gadget for architects, they are a large leap forward from previous attempts at virtual reality. What sets the Cinemizer apart is the head-tracking feature that allows for a true virtual reality experience rather than simply video watching. Augmented and virtual reality may be the next big thing, but it will have to wait until this summer, when Zeiss officially releases the Cinemizer OLED glasses.

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